Nut-sheller



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` NUT SHELLER.

APPLICATWN FILED AFR. 2.1. i919.

1,330,442. 'Patented Feb.10,1920.

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STATES PATEN To all Lolwm t may con-cem:

'p Beit known that I, THUns'roN D. FUTCH, a citizen oftheUn'ited States,- residing at Columbus', in the county of Muscogee and Statelo'f Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nut-'Shellersg and Ido declare the following to be a full,

- clear, and exact description ofl the invention,

fproject connecting rods4,V as illustrated in suchas will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the sam'e y l 1 This invention relates to' improvements nut shellers, the primary object being to provide c a simple and eilici'ent means for j rapidly shelling peanuts, almonds, v*or other comparatively `soft 'shell nut-s.

*Another object is to provide a device of Ethis character whose use is not limited to nuts ofjonel size but may be vadjusted ac- 1f'jrding to the size of the nuts to beshelled. these and other 'objects in view,

t "invention resides in certain novel fea- "t`i1r``is"of construction ,and unique com- "binations of .parts to be hereinafter -fully vbeing supplemented 'drawing-"wherein:

described and claimed, the descriptive matter 'Figure l is' a side elevation of the nut sheller, a portion thereof being shown in section to show the arrangement ,of shelling ribs.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional viewtaken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

`1 Fig.v3 is an enlarged side elevation ofv he supporting clamp and associated parts. `The Sheller comprises a casing which 1ncludes a pair of substantially cup-shaped halves 1, each having anV outwardly extende ing rim or flange 2 thereon, said-.rim orv 40v flangebein 'formedwitha number o f c ircumfere'ntia ly spaced lugs 3, through wh1ch f Figs'. 1 and 2 of the drawings.` The,` aforementioned 'cuplshaped casing halves are spaced apart by .the rods4 and arefadjilst "f frst Speoicat'ipn' of Letters Patent. Application mea Apri121, 1919. sria1No.291,42s.

integral with the rim's by the laccompanying .Shaft The flanges 1 1 Although I may' formripsn erably provide rings.: to said'rims or Hang fastening means, said rings extending gratings, showtgitudinally directed finge grally with the aforesaid ri sets of fingers are separated required by the partieula` "i screws (ir-@ether havingginwarqlyew "formed offloishelled, and said fingers ar i i, ''wa'rfd orfrom each other'witsA th "l'jf trnti'f 'the casing halves. f1

4fringe E65 arries P shells, from vWedging 'i iiit'J the -rotor and the cas riongitdiiial-ly extending shell crusli'in Eare"cfor'h'ed"S85 on the inner faces offt efc'fioa'sing halves 1 and exten'dgfr e the rims of said-W'hal'ves to coperatewithsiiriila extending the full leng 1f vclear-ly illustrated in F- The space betweenftli and those on the rotor'd'e near the anges 11 t shaped casing halves elavitiffefetf y "cases jeff Vthe heilsgrfrembviagah v tering chine in proper condition l therethrough the inlet, a suitable per sides ofthe casing halves 1 to receive nuts to be shelled. y-F'or the purpose of directing the nuts into'the hopper 16- is mounted on the casing halves, said hopper being formed in two sections 16a secured to the cup-shaped casing halves so as to be adjustable with said halves. The sides of the sections 16 overlap and are preferably provided with-alined slots 16b for the reception of clampin bolts 16c having wing nuts which are tig tened when the' sections are. suitably adjusted.' l Although other suitable means may be. em. ployed for mounting the hopper sections 16... on the casing halves, 1, I preferably secure them with screws or like fastenerspassing through flanges 17 on the lower ends of said sections.

i An arcuate cover plate 18 is disposed in the bottom of the'hopper for the purposes of preventing an possibility of the nuts enbetween the two caslng halves 1 instead of through the inlets 15 provided for thatpur ose.

One o the casing halves 1 may be providedwith a longitudinally extending bearformed integrally' therewith and receiving one end of the shaft 8, which' endl carries an operating crank 19 as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The machine is adapted to be supportedV on one wall W of a receptacle R' by .means of a clamp which may well be formed from an elongated rectangular block 20 which is secured to the casing by screws or like fasteners 21. The block-20 has a notch to receive one edge of the wall W and a clam ing screw 22 vis provided for clamping t e device securely upon said wall.

By providing the detachable ri s 6 carrying theingers 7 or other forms ditl gratings, gratings having di'erent sized openings may be used, according to the size of the nuts to be shelled, and whenever required, the two casing halves and their respective hopper sections 16a may1 be -adjusted toward or away from each ot er to lace'themaor operation. After the adjustment, the set screws 5 and.y the bolts 16 are of course tightened. The nuts are now dumped into the hopper 16 and enter the casing through the inlet openings 15, and due to the novel shape of the rotor 9,- the nuts will wedge betweenv the enlarged central portion thereof and the casing, as they gravitate to the bottom of the latter, and the action of the ribsfl and 14, and the gratings 7, will remove the nuts from the kernels, the discharge of both shells and kernelstaking place through and between the gratings, receptacle may of course be in the form of an ordinary box. It may be further stated that the device. may be clamped upon any other form of support if desired and a suitdischarged 4nuts and shells.

able receptacle used merely to receive-the The device is extremel pensive, fyet is'highly efficient and in every Waydesirable, and since .probably the best resultsare obtainable from the details dis closed, they may well be followed. It is to simple and ine'xbe understood however that within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous minorv changes may well be made.

.I claim:

1. In a shellin scribed, a casin device of the class .deormed of two cup-shaped halves havin' t eir rims spaced apart, gratings carried y said rims and extending'inwardly toward -each other, a rotor in said easing, and co-acting shelling means on the casing wall and said rotor.

2. A structure asspecitied in claiml, said gratings consisting of spaced ngers extendmg from said rims of said casing sections.

3. In a shellin device of the class described, a casin ormed .of two cup-shaped halves having their rims spaced apart, gratings removably secured to said rims and eif-HV tending toward each other, a rotor in said casing, and co-acting shelling means on said rotor and the casing wall.

4., A structure as specified in claim 3, said gratings each consisting of a ring and fingers extending laterally therefrom,the rings of said gratings being secured to said rims.

5. 'In a shellin scribed, a casing ormed of two cup-shaped halves having rims spaced apart, means whereby said casi halves may be adjusted toward and away om each other, gratings carried by said rims of said casin halves and adjustable bodily therewith, an a rotor in said casing. l

6. A structure as specified in claim 5, said adjusting meansl consisting of lugs on the two casing halves, havingl alined openings, tie rods passing slidably t rough said openings, and means for holding said lugs in adjusted position on said rods.

7. In a shellin scribed, a casin $0 halves having t eir ,rims spaced .apart and provided with gratings, a rotor in said casm anl the casing wall, means whereby the two casing halves may be adjusted toward and away from each other, and a hopper mounted on said casing and formed of sections adinto the receptacle R, which .each other and havlng slots, and clamping scribed, a casingformed of two cup-shaped halves h avmg'tlieir rims spaced apart and device of 'the class deco-acting shelling means on said rotorA lio ' provided'with gratings, the top of said casand away from each other; said hopper being having a hopper and an inlet opening ing formed ofI Sections adjustable bodily 10 communicating therewith, a @over plate exwith said casing halves, and Said cover plate tending over the space between the two eas .resting slidably von saidV casing halves to ing rims and located in said hopper, and nut permit free adjustment of the latter.

.shelling means in said casino `In testimony whereof I have lierento set 10. A structure as specified in'claim 9,. my hand.v

said casing halves being adjustable toward' THURSTON D. FUTQH. 

